Britain's most popular single handed catamaran
The Dart 15 is a fifteen foot catamaran designed to be sailed by one or two crew with mainsail or mainsail and jib. It consistently has the largest entry of any single handed catamaran class in British National events. The boat can be trailered or transported on a car roof and can be easily rebuilt, ready to sail with no tools in under an hour. Take a look at our welcome page or contact your local Dart 15 sailing club to find out more.
The Sprint 15 reverted back to being called the Dart 15 on January 1st 2023. New boats and sails are already labelled with the new insignia. Owners of boats and sails with Sprint 15 logos do not need to change anything.
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TT at Datchet Sailing Club
Race Report(Posted on: 12th February 2025 at 18:12 pm)
For the first time in this winter series, the original scheduled date for the February TT was blessed with an entirely normal wind forecast that did not require postponement or cancellation. Delighted to have a forecast that was not 1 knot or 30 knots, twelve sailors arrived at Datchet Water Sailing Club on a grey morning. The winds were a little lighter than expected but perfectly adequate for racing and it was good to see a decent turnout of the home club fleet for their Sunday racing too. It was also great to see George Stephen, long standing local fleet member, who popped down to watch the racing and catch up with old friends.
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TT at Rutland Water Sailing Club
Race Report(Posted on: 28th January 2025 at 10:03 am)
The rescheduled Dart 15 Winter TT at Rutland was held on Sunday 26th January. The original event in December was postponed due to Storm Darragh and as winds again battered various parts of the country, it looked like the new date might also fall to a similar fate. Undeterred by the 35 knot gusts in the forecast, nine hardy sailors arrived at Rutland to see if racing would go ahead. A few of our other regulars were away on winter holidays which they had booked not to clash with our original Winter TT schedule...
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TT at Draycote Water Sailing Club
Race Report(Posted on: 19th January 2025 at 13:24 pm)
Quest for the Red throated diver As a weather dependant sport the winter TT at Draycote was rescheduled from Jan 11th to Jan 18th in anticipation of better visibility and the essential component of all sailing events, wind. We don’t need too much wind to race but a bit of wind was very welcome as the traveling sailors arrived at Draycote from as far afield as Carsington, Marconi and the Isle of Wight ( Shanklin ) sailing clubs. It was apparent to all that it was going to be a light wind event so there was lots of discussion around light wind sailing techniques which were applied, to varying degrees of success, by all during the ensuing event. Top tips were ….adjust batten tension to minimum to keep air flowing over sail ….keep the tell tales moving at the top of the sail and above all…….keep the boat moving , this proved to be the most important tip especially for the winners!
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Sport Nationals at North Devon Yacht Club
Race Report(Posted on: 28th November 2024 at 10:49 am)
Hector Bunclark of NDYC wins the event with stunning performance on Day 1. Report by Liam Bunclarke Some 33 competitors gathered for 3 days of racing at Instow that at one stage looked as though it was going to be raced in the tail winds of a hurricane. Filled with optimism, the heavy weather sailors started getting excited.
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TT at Stewartby Water Sports Club
Event Infomation has been updated(Posted on: 9th November 2024 at 20:06 pm)
This events information has been updated with new information, please read.
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TT at Grafham Water Sailing Club
Race Report(Posted on: 2nd November 2024 at 09:12 am)
Dart 15 Inland Chamionships sponsored by Gill Saturday 26th & Sunday 27th October saw 16 Dart 15s prepare themselves for the last of the Summer Series and Inland Championships @ Grafham Water Sailing Club, generously supported by Gill. The wind however had other ideas and despite a valiant effort by the race managemnet team of Nigel & Fiona Denchfield along with the GWSC mark layer volunteers, racing was abandoned mid afternoon due to a total lack of breeze. Afternoon walks around the reservoir, boat fiddling or just hanging about seemed to be the main activities until Lisa & her team served up a very generous 2 course dinner that kept us all going until Sunday morning.
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TT at Stewartby Water Sports Club
Event Infomation has been updated(Posted on: 4th October 2024 at 10:01 am)
This events information has been updated with new information, please read. The Notice Of Race has been added to this event. The Sailing Instructions has been added to this event.
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TT at Carsington Sailing Club
Race Report(Posted on: 24th September 2024 at 10:53 am)
Ten Dart 15 travellers were welcomed by three home sailors to Carsington Sailing Club on a glorious autumn day and with the sun shining, warm temperatures and moderate breeze, the Derbyshire Dales / reservoir vista was looking superb - hard to imagine the change in weather fortunes over the course of the regatta.
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TT at Draycote Water Sailing Club
Race Report(Posted on: 9th July 2024 at 10:38 am)
On Saturday, 6th June, Draycote Water Sailing Club welcomed 17 Dart 15 sailors to the club. Special mention goes to Liam Thom and Yvonne Pike, who crossed the Solent to join us from Shanklin Sailing Club, and Ian Mounce and Keith Heason, who traveled up from Instow to represent North Devon Sailing Club. The weather gods were with us, and a fresh westerly force four greeted everyone, with the promise of conditions picking up a little more throughout the day. Once set up, everyone was welcomed to the club during the race briefing managed by Race Officer Pete Slater, ably assisted by Steve Pell. Pete explained that there would be four 45-minute back-to-back races, with three to count around a square course. After wishing everyone luck, the sailors took to the water, and the fun began.
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